Vehicle wheel



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VEHICLE WHEEL Filed Jan. 21, 1927 2 Sheets-Shet 1 IIIII II v II/ 0,, m

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Filed Jan. 21, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 llllllll/ INVENTOR. Mum/I Alfiaor/ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 11, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

WILLIAM N. Boo'rn, or nE'rRoI'r, (MICHIGAN, nssrenon. Tb xnrsnY-imxnsWHEEL 003- L PORATION, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A conronnrron on NEW YORKVEHIGLE wKEEL Application filed January 21,1927. Serial' No. 162,653.

The invention relates to vehicle wheels and refers more particularly towire wheels. One of the objects of the invention is the provision in awheel of that type having a hub and a hub shell of a spacer between thehub and hub shell to provide for decreasing the size and also the costof manufacture of the hub. Another object is to provide for holding thehub shell upon the hub by the spacer. A further object is to providemeans for locking the spacer upon the hub. With these as well as otherobjects in view, the invention resides in the novel features ofconstruction and combinations and arrangements of parts as more fullyhereinafter set forth.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a transverse section through a vehicle wheelembodying my invention;

Figures 1 and 2 are cross sections respectively on the lines 11 and 22of Figure 1;

Figures 3 and 4 are views similar to Figure 1 showing modifiedconstructions;

Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Figure 4. I

The Vehicle wheel shown in the drawings is a wire wheel comprising awheel body and a hub so arranged that the wheel body may be applied toor removed from the hub.

The wire wheel shown in Figures 1 and 2 is a rear wheel in which 1 isthe hub and 2 the hub shell forming part of the wheel body and connectedto the rim 3 by the spokes 4. The hub 1 has the barrel 5 and the fixedflange 6 while the hub shell 2 has the barrel 7 and the outwardlyextending flange 8. The barrel 5 is of reduced size to reduce the costof manufacture of the hub and is concentric with and spaced from thebarrel 7. The hub shell is preferably secured to the hub by means of thenuts 9 and bolts 10, the latter extending freely through the web of thebrake drum if used, the fixed flange 6 and the outwardly extendingflange 8 for limited angular movement relative thereto but beingsuitably held from rotation relative thereto as by means of finsengaging in channels formed in the fixed flange. For driving the hubshell with the hub, the former is provided with the frustoconicalprojections 8 which are in the nature flanges pressed into the outwardlyextenda ing flange and the fixed flange is provided in its front facewith correspondingly shaped recesses for receiving the frusto-conlc'alprojections. for engaging the inner faces of the frustoconicalprojections. With this arrangement the bolts and nuts secure, the hubshell to the hub while the frusto-conicalprojections and recesses efiectthe driving.

The nuts have frusto-conical faces For spacing the hub barrel 5 and hubshell barrel 7 fromgeach other, I- have provided the annular spacer 11,the inner faceof which is slidably engageable with the hub barrel andthe outer face of which preferablyhas a1 press fit with the hub shellbarrel. Thehub barrel is provided with the annular bevelled shoulder 14for engaging a correspondingly bevelled shoulder 12 upon the inner rearcorner of the spacer andtherebylimiting the the bevelled nose 15upon thenut 16 which latter is internally threaded to engage external threadsupon the front end of the hub barrel 5. This nut is also provided in itsend with; the polygonal opening 17 for engagement by a suitable toolsuch as asocket wrench. The spaceris held from longitudinal' movementrelative to the hub shell .by

metal and the shoulders 12 and l l are so located with respect, to theannular rib. 8 upon the outwardly extending flange 8;that when theformer are inengagement the latter is spaced from the fixed flangefi. Asa consequence, tightening of thelnuts9 upon the I:

frusto-conical projections are slightly spacedfrom the Walls of therecesses in the fixed As a consequence, it will be seen flange. thatthese frusto-conical projections when 5 forced into contact with thewalls of the recesses function, owing to the resiliency of the metal, tolock the nuts upon the bolts; 7 r

For locking the nut 16 upon the hub shell, I have provided the hub cap19 which'is '20 threaded upon the nut and frictionally en-' gagesthe-hub shell. As shown, this hub cap has the annular bead 20 forengaging the annular abutment member 21, the latterbeing rigidly securedto the end of the hub shell bar- -2 rel as by peening over the portions22 of the abutment member. y In the. modification shown in Figure 3, thewheel has the same general arrangement of parts with the exception thatprovision is made for using a standard hub cap 24. To

use this standard hub cap the nut 25 for securing the spacer 26 in placehas its end portion 27 reduced in diameter so that the external threadsupon this reduced end portion will fit the internal threads upon the hubcap.

In the modification shown in Figures land 5 a sheet metal spacer 28 isused between the barrels of the hub 29 and hub shell 30. This spacerhas'a central portion which is inter- 40 na-lly threaded to engageexternal threads upon the end of the hub barrel and anannular-flangeportionBl which is corrugated and has the end of itscorrugations abutting the inner face of the hub shell barrel. 'Thespaceralso has the cylindrical portion 32 of greater diameter than the centralportion 28 and exte'rnally threaded for engagement by the hub capThishub cap has the annular bead 2. In a vehicle wheel, the combinationwith a hub having a barrel, of a hub shell having a barrel spaced fromsaid hub barrel, a spacer between said barrels for supporting the onefrom the other, a shoulder upon said hub shell barrel engaged by therear face of said spacer, a standard hub cap extending within said hubshell barrel, and a nut threaded upon said hub barrel and abutting saidspacer, said nut having a reduced externally threaded portion forengagement by said standard hub cap.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM N. BOOTH.

34 for'frictiona-lly engaging the front end i of the hub shell barrel.

l im as myinvention is? e 1. In a vehicle wheel, the combination with '7a hub having a barrel, of a hub shell having a barrel spaced from saidhub barrel and-pro- 1 3 vided with an inwardly'extending shoulder and anabutment member secured to an end of said barrel, a spacerbetween saidbarrels for supporting the one from the other, means threadedly engagingsaid hub barrel and abutting said spacer to hold said spacer and "hubshell in fixed relation. to said hub, and

'means threadedly engaging said first 'mentionedmeans'and'frictionally'engaging said abutment member to lock saidfirst-mentioned means upon said hub;

